Senior Staff CAD Engineer

Renesas; Dresden; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Renesas is seeking a Principal EDA/CAD Engineer to lead global compute and CAD infrastructure for semiconductor development. You will shape architecture across Linux compute, workspaces, LSF, licensing, Perforce, monitoring, and automation.

You will partner with engineering, CAD and IT/IS to deliver scalable, reliable environments and global consistency across sites. This role emphasizes hands-on engineering with architectural and operational responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in EDA/CAD infrastructure engineering for semiconductors.
• Strong scripting and automation skills (Python and shell).
• Experience with LSF or similar distributed compute environments.
• Experience with Perforce Helix and IPLM data management.
• Understanding of project/workspace management for engineering teams.
• Familiarity with EDA licensing and FlexNet licensing ecosystems.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure and automate routines.
• Ability to work across global engineering, CAD and IT/IS teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for global EDA compute infrastructure.
• Develop and support Linux-based engineering environments.
• Collaborate with IT/IS on compute, storage, networking and server needs.
• Support interactive and batch compute environments.
• Contribute to capacity planning and roadmaps.
• Troubleshoot complex compute and engineering-environment issues.
• Develop automation to improve reliability and reduce manual work.

Skills

Scripting (Python)

Shell scripting

LSF compute environments

EDA license infra

Automation

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

LSF

Perforce Helix

IPLMS

Grafana

ServiceNow

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Principal EDA/CAD Engineer to provide technical leadership for Renesas’ global engineering compute and CAD infrastructure.

The role combines hands‑on engineering with architecture and operational responsibility across Linux compute environments, engineering workspaces, project provisioning, LSF integration, EDA license infrastructure, Perforce infrastructure, monitoring and automation.

The successful candidate will work closely with engineering, CAD and IT/IS teams to develop scalable, reliable and globally consistent environments supporting semiconductor development.

• Provide technical leadership for global EDA compute infrastructure.
• Develop and support Linux-based engineering environments.
• Work with IT/IS on compute, storage, networking and server requirements.
• Support interactive and batch compute environments.
• Contribute to infrastructure capacity planning and technical roadmaps.
• Troubleshoot complex compute and engineering‑environment problems.
• Develop automation to improve reliability and reduce manual administration.

Project & Workspace Infrastructure

• Own and evolve the engineering project and workspace architecture.
• Develop and maintain project/workspace creation and initialization mechanisms.
• Support project configuration infrastructure.
• Ensure consistent environment setup globally across projects and sites.
• Develop interfaces between project configuration, PDKs, EDA tools and engineering workflows.
• Provide extensible mechanisms allowing project teams to customize their environments while maintaining a supported platform standard.
• Reduce manual intervention in project setup and project lifecycle management.

EDA License Infrastructure

• Provide technical leadership for global EDA license‑server infrastructure.
• Develop standardized approaches for license deployment and administration.
• Develop and maintain automation for license updates, validation and auditing.

Automation & Tool Development

• Develop robust Python, shell and other automation for CAD infrastructure.
• Maintain engineering utilities and infrastructure scripts.
• Develop automation for configuration generation, provisioning, monitoring and administration.
• Integrate CAD infrastructure with Jenkins/CI and service‑management workflows where appropriate.
• Improve observability, auditability and maintainability of infrastructure services.

Monitoring, Metrics & Capacity Planning

• Develop dashboards and metrics for engineering infrastructure.
• Monitor compute and license utilization.
• Identify capacity, performance and reliability risks.
• Work with infrastructure teams on forward capacity planning.
• Develop mechanisms to identify inefficient use of shared engineering resources.

OS & Platform Strategy

• Contribute to supported Linux OS strategy for EDA environments.
• Coordinate EDA‑tool compatibility requirements with IT/IS.
• Support migration between Linux platform generations.
• Define clear engineering requirements for infrastructure standards.
• Help separate engineering application requirements from infrastructure operational ownership.

Documentation, Training & Support

• Maintain architecture and operational documentation for critical CAD infrastructure.
• Document scripts, configuration, dependencies and recovery procedures.
• Provide expert escalation for complex infrastructure problems.
• Train other CAD engineers and IT/IS teams to reduce dependency on individual experts.
• Develop appropriate resilience and failover strategies.
• Work with regional CAD teams and IT/IS to standardize license infrastructure globally.
• Support license‑capacity monitoring and planning.
• Develop monitoring and reporting for license availability and utilization.

LSF & Batch Compute

• Provide EDA expertise for LSF‑based compute environments.
• Work with IT/IS on LSF architecture, provisioning and resource sharing.
• Develop methods for monitoring compute utilization and efficiency.
• Support integration between project environments and batch compute.
• Identify and automate detection of inefficient or problematic workloads.
• Contribute to compute capacity planning.

Perforce Infrastructure

• Provide engineering‑side technical expertise for Perforce server infrastructure and operations.
• Support Perforce architecture used by semiconductor engineering environments.
• Work with IT/IS on server lifecycle, availability, storage, backup and operational ownership.
• Support administration and troubleshooting of engineering Perforce environments.
• Develop automation and monitoring around Perforce infrastructure.
• Maintain appropriate operational documentation and procedures.

Qualifications

Required Skills & Experience

• Significant experience in EDA/CAD infrastructure engineering within semiconductor development.
• Strong scripting and automation skills, preferably Python and shell.
• Experience with LSF or comparable distributed compute environments.
• Experience with enterprise version‑control/data‑management infrastructure such as Perforce Helix and IPLM
• Experience with engineering project/workspace management.
• Understanding of compute, storage and network requirements for EDA environments.
• Experience with EDA licensing and FlexNet‑based licensing environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and root‑cause‑analysis skills.
• Experience developing production‑quality engineering automation.
• Ability to work across global engineering, CAD and IT/IS organizations.
• Strong technical documentation and knowledge‑transfer skills.

Highly Desirable

• Perforce server administration and architecture.
• Grafana or similar infrastructure monitoring.
• ServiceNow integration.
• Cadence and other major semiconductor EDA‑tool experience.
• Linux infrastructure and RHEL migration experience.
• Experience supporting geographically distributed engineering environments.

Additional Information

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose, To Make Our Lives Easier. With a global team of over 21,000 engineers and problem solvers in more than 30 countries, we offer the opportunity to work on world‑leading technology for Automotive, Industrial, Infrastructure, and IoT, shaping a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter future.

At Renesas, TAGIE is our culture, grounded in being Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial. It shapes how we work, grow and deliver on our purpose together. This collaborative spirit and mindset drive our semiconductor technology to transform industries and impact millions of lives.

We believe in rewarding our employees with a competitive benefits package alongside their salary. More information will be provided during the hiring process.

Are you ready to join our team and shape the future with us?

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to supporting diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement .